"phocomelia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfəʊkəˈmiːlɪə/ Forms: phocomelias [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal (marine animal)”) + μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|φώκη||seal (marine animal)}} Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal (marine animal)”), {{suffix|en||ia}} + -ia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} phocomelia (usually uncountable, plural phocomelias)
  1. A congenital disorder of the limbs, the affected person being born with abnormally short or missing bones and flipper-like hands or feet. Wikipedia link: phocomelia Tags: uncountable, usually Hypernyms: dysmelia Derived forms: phocomelic, tetraphocomelia Coordinate_terms: thalidomide baby Translations (phocomelia): fokomeli [common-gender] (Danish), phocomélie [feminine] (French), Phokomelie [feminine] (German), Robbengliedrigkeit [feminine] (German), Phokomelus [masculine] (German), focomelia [feminine] (Italian), fokomelia [feminine] (Polish), focomelia [feminine] (Portuguese), focomelia [feminine] (Spanish)

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